Scholarship Update

Scholarship Recipients Announced

Academic Scholarships for NSHSS members sponsored by partners Griffith College Dublin, Ireland, and Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions

Griffith College Scholarships of $1,000 each have been awarded to:
Desiree Amadeo, Merrimack High School, Merrimack, NH, who will be enrolling in MIT
Patrick Lee, Barrington High School, Barrington, IL
Danielle Piskorz, Lindenhurst Senior High School, Lindenhurst, NY, who will be enrolling in MIT

Desiree Amadeo	Patrick Lee	Danielle Piskorz

Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions Scholarships of $1,000 each have been awarded to:
Kyrstin Lane, Hampton High School, Hampton, Virginia, enrolling in the College of William & Mary
Jennifer Oswald, Carver Center for Arts & Technology, enrolling in Princeton University

Kyrstin Lane	Jennifer Oswald

The Robert Sheppard Leadership Award and the Claes Nobel and National Scholar Award recipients will be announced in our May newsletter.

Projects Abroad Scholarship Recipients Announced

This summer, member Jennifer Zhu, of Downers Grove, Illinois, has received a full program scholarship for the Business Experience in China program, and Casey Czajka, of Richmond, Virginia, has received a program scholarship to participate in the Senegal Teaching Program.

Casey Czajka	Jennifer Zhu

Read our Partner News article for more information on Projects Abroad and other summer program discounts and scholarships for members

NSHSS Scholarship Deadlines

• NSHSS Academic Paper Awards: $250 each - Deadline May 1, 2007
• NSHSS/Presidential Classroom Public Service Scholarship: $750 - Deadline August 1, 2007
• Claes Nobel and National Scholar Award applications: November 30, 2007

FINANCIAL AID UPDATE

For more information on NSHSS scholarship opportunities, visit our scholarships page. Don't forget to register with FastWeb for your free customized scholarship search. Another free search source is scholarships.com. Also, be sure to review the websites of the colleges that you are interested in for scholarships that the schools offer and review these sites:

• Types of Scholarships
• http://www.financialaidtips.org/major_scholarships.htm


• Scholarship Essay Help
• http://www.financialaidtips.org/writing_scholarshipessay.htm


• The sites are easy to understand, non-commercialized, and have a good glossary of financial aid terms.

Scholarship Searching Secrets, Edition III.
This guide requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded for free.
Student Scholarship Search, a free Directory of Scholarships, Grants and Awards, has just published 'Scholarship Searching Secrets," a tremendously useful overview of tips, advice, and tools available to parents and students searching online for scholarships and financial aid. It also covers information about the FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, that all college-bound students must submit to apply for financial aid each year (including students already in college applying for financial aid). This guide was compiled by Christopher S. Penn of FinancialAidPodcast.com.

Additionally, a valuable source to search for college financial aid information relative to your state of residency in SPIDO, the State Policy Issues Database Online, sponsored by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. You can search this database by state for critical information on student financial aid, tuition and fees, residency requirements, and other relevant policies regarding colleges in your particular state.